>>4868
>places to seek refuge in after death
This may not be what you had in mind, but may I suggest something else: the possibility of acquiring a body you can use on the astral through external means?
There are places that market custom made genetically engineered humanoids, where the latest technology is a slime-hybrid which is basically indestructible. Buying such a humanoid or incarnating as one by projecting your soul is not cheap however. I don't know the exchange rate, but compare 4000 gold for a slime-humanoid vs buying a slave for 2 silver or a cheap slave for 2 copper units and you get the idea.

Just before I found out there are also tall greys working on the latest in cybernetics; a fully artificial humanoid body complete with gel organs and exoskeleton, which functions as any body and can be used to incarnate into. Buying one requires a permit, given out per individual unit, and they come with copy-protection so you can't birth more cyborgs (or CyBorn, that's what they call this series) unless you can solve the karmic "riddle" used to lock it. This is to prevent bad cyborgs from running amok, I suppose.

The price they told me for one small cyborn was 40 000 silver, which again is high but not as high as for slimes. However, with the copy protection solved, it's possible to astrally rebirth someone as a cyborn. The process will take place in a different dimension and you would then be lead back to your human body again, but your astral form has now changed and you are operating from the artificial body. This would prevent any trouble after leaving the physical human world, if you are up for it. It can be arranged if things line up properly.